Defera invasion zone

System · April 2012

The hard city mission, Knowledge is Key, is terribly bugged. Last night my fleet and I spent quite a bit of time trying to get past the very beginning where you are supposed to pull the partially assimilated out of the alcoves. What was happening was after the Borg were beamed in the dialog to start pulling out the Deferi would appear briefly, but then disappear almost immediately and the area would reset.

The only workaround we found was to hop zones until we found one that would work.

misslillica · July 2012

I had this same problem tonight. It was utterly infuriating, and because I died once, it glitched like mad. I dropped the mission, but have to wait 4 hours to play it again because it's full of bugs. FIX THIS PLEASE!!!

stoadvenav2 · July 2012

I have had the same issues, should this be posted else where?

captaintpol · September 2013

you have to make sure u have alot of drones in side alcoves to work

gholendhor · September 2013

This mission has been bugged forever it seems,way before the Legacy release..what most of us do is just wait it out.If you can't free the first set it will go to the next objective in about five minutes and then another five for it to get to the last objective.then you just have to kill the fully assimilated borg.One thing is to make sure no one on the team leaves the area or it might fully reset.

holoxans · September 2013

captaintpol wrote: »

you have to make sure u have alot of drones in side alcoves to work

This, if the side walls don't have borg in them then the mission is bugged. Each alcove doesn't need a borg, but each SECTION needs to have some borg. Usually you can find at least one that isn't bugged, but sometimes you just have to wait it out.

havokreign · September 2013

holoxans wrote: »

This, if the side walls don't have borg in them then the mission is bugged. Each alcove doesn't need a borg, but each SECTION needs to have some borg. Usually you can find at least one that isn't bugged, but sometimes you just have to wait it out.

It seems like the game forces the borg to respawn, once the node is activated, which also replaces the defari you have to save, except now they're 'outside' of your active event and cannot be helped.

If the borg are present, they are not respawned, and the mission proceeds normally.

Powerplant Hard seems flakey too, some rooms give you the reward after the 2nd wave, instead of needing to kill the elite and the mortars.

battykoda0 · September 2013

I have been doing the Defera missions since they were an event. As far back as I can recall, this has always been the case. The workaround above is correct... if it bugs, just have a dance party, chat about Trek or whatever, walk the dog... it will finish in the 3rd segment when the fully assimilated Borg appear. I have not actually timed it but it seems around 7 to 10 minutes or so. Just watch for patrols and keep the person who started the mission alive or it could reset.

If you are doing the event during the Bonus Marks, just allow time for possible bug delays and you will be able to get your full bonus. It's not a good idea to rush Defera at the last minute for bonus marks.

And remember, a bug that persists through multiple patches is no longer a bug. It's an undocumented feature. :-P

Defera invasion zone

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